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v8 bighorn

Postby danz20 » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:31 pm

hi there
im thinking rather seriously about puttin a v8 from the chevy mill into my bighorn i wanna keep it 4x4 and standard looking just wondering if this has been done before an is there anything i need to watch out for??
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Re: v8 bighorn

Postby geeves » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:17 pm

Theres one in chch but it lost the front diff in the process.
It will be possible but expect a lot of hard work and lot of money. If its to be road legal talk to a lvvta certifier before you start.
good luck
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: v8 bighorn

Postby ONO2HI » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:35 pm

Do it doug!
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Re: v8 bighorn

Postby danz20 » Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:31 pm

neither of which i wanna do lol ima auto auto sparky so was planning on doing it myself has thier been any other conversions that people of done before??
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